New Jersey's 12 U.S. House races are atop the ticket for voters in Tuesday's midterm contest. Democrats are defending 10 seats to the Republicans' two in the first election since congressional districts were redrawn after the 2020 census.

Robert Menendez, the son of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, won the 8th Congressional District seat opened by the retirement of Rep. Albio Sires.

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The younger Menendez is an attorney in private practice and serves as a commissioner at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the region’s airports, ports and tunnels. He faced Republican Marcos Arroyo and five others in the district.